Russia to join new NATO alliance under Partnership for Peace
In Noordwijk Netherlands Foreign Minister Kozyrev completed a military cooperation treaty with NATO and endorsed the Partnership for Peace document while reiterating Russia’s stance that NATO expansion harms Russia’s national and European security interests.
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NATO
Noordwijk
Netherlands
Andrej Ko‘ayrev
Kozyrev
World's oldest square rigged ship sinks off England
The 127-ton Maria Assumpta sank off southwest England after engine failure drove it onto rocks. One British crew member in her 50s died, with a British woman and a British man missing. Coast Guard suspects drowning. Built in 1858 in Spain, the ship served in sail training and films.
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Guinness Book of Records
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Chretien Faces Tough Gun Control Push in Canada
Prime Minister Jean Chretien contends with strong provincial and party opposition as his government pushes a gun control bill. The plan would stiffen penalties for crimes with guns, curb smuggling, and restrict ammunition sales, while proposing universal gun registration by 2002. If Senate acts quickly, passage could come by summer.
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Jean Chretien
Canada
House of Commons
Chretien
Liberal Party
Senate
Fighting closes Somali seaport amid warring factions
Fighting between Mogadishu warlords shut the port after nearby shelling for a second time in five days. Three shells hit the sea near the harbor on Monday and a Friday shelling followed. No damage or injuries were reported. Ali Mahdi Mohamed claimed Friday’s attack and warned Gen. Mohamed Farrah Aidid to remove his militiamen. The two leaders had agreed in February to jointly run the port without a neutral policing force.
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Somalia
Ali Mahdi Mohamed
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Ali Mahdi
Chilean generals jailed for Letelier assassination case
The Chilean Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that the former head of the military secret police and his deputy ordered the assassination of opposition leader Orlando Letelier in Washington in 1976. It marks the first time senior army officers are to be imprisoned for human rights abuses under Pinochet. The pair deny responsibility, blaming the CIA.
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Chile
Supreme Court
Orlando Letelier
Washington
Augusto Pinochet
TS. Central Intelligence Agency
East German party wins tax case amid spy allegations against leader
The Party of Democratic Socialism faced a $48 million tax bill in December that was cut to $5.9 million by a commission. Der Spiegel and ARD report allege party star Gregor Gysi was a former Stasi informant, claiming he informed on dissidents while defending them.
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Communist Party
East Germany
Party of Democratic Socialism
Gregor Gysi
Gysi
der Spiegel
Germany
ARD
Stasi
Ingalgacias
50% Off Range of Women Dresses and Suits
Half price sale on soft print dresses for misses petites and women incl two-piece tunics tanks and flippy styles in rayon and sheer fabrics. Priced from 39.99 to 89.99 after discount plus 50% off mother of the bride dresses and suits including brocade beaded and floral two-piece jackets with original prices from 150.00 to 194.00 now 69.99 to 89.99.
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